Potala Pastillo Puerto Rico Map
Explore Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
Interactive Map of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
How to Use This Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Puerto Rico or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Potala Pastillo.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Potala Pastillo |
| State | Puerto Rico (PR) |
| County | Juana DÃaz County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico) |
| Latitude | 17.991354 |
| Longitude | -66.496561 |
| Population | 2,606 |
| Density | 2075.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 00795 |
| Area Code | 787, 939 |
About Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico
Potala Pastillo is a locality in Juana DÃaz County, Puerto Rico, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,606. The population density is 2075.5 people per km². Potala Pastillo is located at 17.9914°N, 66.4966°W. It observes the Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico) timezone. ZIP code: 00795.Potala Pastillo emerges from the coastal plains where the salt-heavy air of the Caribbean softens the edges of the horizon. It lies 4.2 miles south of Juana Díaz, PR (from Juana Díaz, PR: bearing 171°T), and is situated 7.8 miles east of Ponce. The landscape here is defined by a low, rhythmic flatness that stretches toward the shimmering expanse of Caleta de Cabullones, where the tides pull steadily against the shoreline. Inland, the earth rises toward the silhouette of Monte Figueroa, a steady sentinel that anchors the view three miles away, while the moisture-rich soil of Quebrada Guanábana nurtures a dense, vibrant verdure. In the waning light, the shadows lengthen across the flatlands, turning the dry grasses to a pale, brittle gold that seems to hold the heat of the day long after the sun has slipped beneath the western rim.
Potala Pastillo bears the quiet weight of a regional history rooted in the cultivation of the surrounding lowlands, where the economy has long leaned upon the cycles of the harvest and the steady flow of the Río Descalabrado. Life here moves with a deliberate, unadorned cadence, punctuated by the proximity of Parque Comunidad Arúz, which serves as a communal threshold for those living between the sea and the interior. Residents look toward the distant outline of Isla del Frio, a solitary form resting upon the water, as a constant reminder of the island’s insular character. There is a particular clarity to the mornings here, when the light catches the dew on the vegetation near the riverbanks, suggesting a place that remains deeply attuned to the pulse of its own geography, far removed from the frantic pace of the larger island centers.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Parque Comunidad Arúz (Local Park) — 2.0 mi, 281° W
- Unknown Local Park (Local Park) — 2.8 mi, 311° NW
- Caja de Muertos Natural Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 3.1 mi, 162° S
- Bosque Estatal de Guánica (State Conservation Area) — 4.2 mi, 242° SW
- Reserva Natural Isla Caja de Muertos (State Conservation Area) — 4.8 mi, 148° SE
- Punta Petrona Natural Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 6.6 mi, 114° SE
- Bosque Estatal de Toro Negro (State Resource Management Area) — 10.8 mi, 351° N
- Bosque Estatal de Tres Picachos (State Resource Management Area) — 13.9 mi, 352° N
- El Yunque National Forest (National Forest) — 21.5 mi, 081° E · 29k acres
- Parque Nacional Punta Guilarte (State Park) — 22.2 mi, 099° E
- Cabo Rojo National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 43.5 mi, 269° W · 5,583 acres
- El Toro Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 46.4 mi, 065° NE · 10k acres
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About This Potala Pastillo Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Potala Pastillo, Puerto Rico. Coordinates: 17.991354, -66.496561. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Potala Pastillo includes the ZIP code (00795), telephone area code (787, 939), county seat of Juana DÃaz County, and school district assignment.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
